Ottawa has traded for Anaheim Ducks winger Bobby Ryan, first reported by Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun about 3 1/2 hours after Alfredsson, the team's longtime captain, signed a one-year deal with the Detroit Red Wings. Why exactly that happened remains to be seen, but it's something of a catastrophe.

Acquiring Ryan should make it go down a little easier. He's been on the trade block for years, at this point, and is still signed to a decent contract. He's 26 and capable of scoring more than 30 goals a season. It cost the Sens center Jakob Silfverberg, forward prospect Stefan Noesen and a first-round pick.

Side note: the deal means that the Ryan-to-Flyers rumors can die for good.

Ryan has two more years at a $5.6 million cap hit. His first tweet after the deal was priceless: "Ottawa.... Im coming in hot."

How good is Ryan? Only two players—Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Toews—have more even-strength goals in the past three seasons than he. Since 2008, only Sidney Crosby, Dany Heatley, Evgeni Malkin, Marian Hossa, Patrick Kane, Loui Eriksson and Marian Hossa have more goals than him overall.